For the Teacher…

Greetings!

We
welcome you and your students to Far from Hitler: The Scattergood Hostel
for European Refugees, 1939-43.To enrich your experience we have prepared activities for elementary students that may be completed
before or after viewing the exhibit.

Activity
I
is an inquiry activity designed to help students develop questions that
would prepare them for their visit to the exhibit.

As
a follow-up activity teachers might review the students’ responses in a
large group discussion after visiting the exhibit.

SCATTERGOOD HOSTEL EXHIBIT

ACTIVITY I

This
activity will be completed during the visit to
Far from Hitler.Upon entering the exhibit, students will receive a partially
completed “journal” which they will fill in with details about life at
Scattergood Hostel gleaned from the photographs, artifacts and text panels.

I.Students should review a copy of the “journal” entry (below).They will be looking throughout the exhibition for examples of things
they can find to complete the journal entry.

II.Upon returning to class students will use the information they
collect in their journals to write a fictitious letter about life at
Scattergood highlighting significant points.